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Moviestorm News

Friday, April 18, 2008

With all the broad functional requirements now in place, we are
currently focussing on the user experience. This build is the first
that demonstrates significant progress towards those enhancements.

Most notable are a new launcher for updates and add-on downloads,
sharper and more intuitive set navigation and camera movement and
further improvements to character movement with smoother start and
stop transitions. We've also started to attend to some of the UI
issues - in particular, the timeline is much clearer to read and
manipulate and the Gesturiser has been re-worked to assist users
in selecting the right animations for a much smoother performance.

In addition, we've included a new range of female actresses with
improved hair and accessory coordination. You'll also notice that
close-up rendering is vastly improved. We'll be attending to the
male actors in the next release.

To accompany our sponsorship of Sci-Fi London
(April 30 - May 4, 2008), our 18th content pack is science fiction themed.
This pack, priced at just £5.97, allows you to take your movies to whole new universes.

The pack includes two ready-made customisable science fiction sets. You can combine the
props with existing packs to build your own unique environments. There are two different
types of customizable male and female aliens or you can mix and match the alien heads and
bodies with human heads and bodies to create completely original characters. The aliens can
do anything that Moviestorm's human characters can do - they don't just walk and talk - they
can kiss, fight, use guns, or even play in a band.

(Requires upgrade to Moviestorm version 1.0.4.)

Friday, April 11, 2008

Moviestorm are thrilled to announce the winners of two recent Music Video
competitions run within our community.

We had some great entries, and thoroughly enjoyed watching them with the
speakers turned up full blast. We had all styles of music, from gritty urban
grunge to jazz, lounge singing, and straight-up in-your-face rock - it hasn't
been easy picking the winners. However, we think you'll agree that all our
prize winners have really pushed the bounds of what Moviestorm can do.

Congratulations to all who entered - and keep those music vids coming!

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Short Fuze Limited, the Cambridge-based start-up which produces Moviestorm -
the award winning user-generated content package enabling consumers to create
their own movies in 15 minutes - has been selected to participate in "Web Mission 08",
a chance to visit San Francisco and Silicon Valley to explore further business
opportunities there.

David Bailey, CEO of Short Fuze, commented, "It is a great honour to be selected
by the industry and our peers as one of the top digital start-ups in the country,
and to participate in Web Mission 08. We'll be using this opportunity to seek
new business partners for Moviestorm, and to establish a base for ourselves in
this critical market."

Web Mission's Oli Barret added, "We are delighted to welcome Short Fuze to
the Web Mission delegation. All industry indications are that video-driven
user-generated content such as Moviestorm will be a key ingredient in the growth
of web applications, and British talent is in the forefront of this market."

Web Mission delegates will be visiting several leading Silicon Valley companies
and financial institutions, as well as attending the world-famous Web 2.0 Expo
during the week-long visit.